Cloud Security Posture Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 492 515 559
Rank change year-on-year +23 +44 +165
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 14 36 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.10% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.29% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 4 32 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -52.63% +31.03%
75th Percentile £80,313 £53,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £103,375 £64,300 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £45,000 £107,500
% change year-on-year +77.78% -58.14% -2.27%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,545 12,317 11,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.28% 34.25% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,236 5,308 8,511
10th Percentile £26,313 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,756
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,793 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +3.38% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,341 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Posture
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +29 6 £112,500 +82.93% 2
East of England +23 3 - - 1
North of England -11 3 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -29 3 £45,000 -
South West +13 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Cloud Security Posture
UK

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 10 (71.43%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure API Management
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 8 (57.14%) Network Security
3 6 (42.86%) DMZ
4 4 (28.57%) VPN
5 3 (21.43%) HTTP
5 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) AMQP
6 1 (7.14%) Internet
6 1 (7.14%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Snyk
General
1 6 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Security Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) OAuth
2 1 (7.14%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 13 (92.86%) Cloud Native
3 7 (50.00%) PKI
4 6 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (35.71%) Blog
6 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
7 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 11 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (64.29%) Security Architecture
4 8 (57.14%) Zero Trust
5 7 (50.00%) Cryptography
5 7 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
6 6 (42.86%) AI
6 6 (42.86%) Containerisation
6 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (42.86%) ISMS
6 6 (42.86%) Key Management
6 6 (42.86%) RBAC
6 6 (42.86%) Risk Management
6 6 (42.86%) SDLC
6 6 (42.86%) Use Case
6 6 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
8 4 (28.57%) DevSecOps
9 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
9 3 (21.43%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (64.29%) GRC
3 8 (57.14%) GDPR
3 8 (57.14%) NCSC
3 8 (57.14%) NIST
4 6 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 6 (42.86%) JSP 440
4 6 (42.86%) PCI DSS
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (14.29%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) CASB
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Checkmarx
1 3 (21.43%) Qualys
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Netskope